Children who eat more ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) show stronger responses in the brain’s reward network when viewing images of appetizing foods—and these brain responses are […]
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Using AI in the global fight against HIV
Coach Mpilo is a free, confidential health care coach available through WhatsApp. Credit: Alastair Van Heerden / Wits University When faced with the possibility of […]
Can You Cure Dyslexia? Better Yet, Decode Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common brain-based reading difficulty that affects 1 in 5 people (Yale, 2022). The literacy problem impacts every school district and, hence, all […]
Long-Term Vancomycin May Help Prevent Recurrent C. Diff Infections
WASHINGTON — Long-term vancomycin suppression appeared to help prevent recurrences of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) and did not lead to a substantial increase in vancomycin-resistant […]
Scientists can now ‘watermark’ AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work?
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter With artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have a powerful new tool […]
Mob Burns Congo Ebola Center Amid Rare Strain Outbreak
Several hundred people massed at the gates of a hospital to demand the body of a suspected Ebola victim. Violence broke out when staff refused […]
New Study Shows A Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency & H. Pylori
It’s also worth being clear about what this research does and doesn’t show. This was a cross-sectional study, meaning it captured a single snapshot in […]
What Is Existential Loneliness? | Psychology Today
“My name’s Dave, I live in a one-by-one box of bone that no other party can penetrate or know,” David Foster Wallace once observed. He […]
Frustrated With Parenting Advice? Try a Different Approach
As any parent will tell you, we have been inundated with parenting advice in recent years. There is attachment parenting, gentle parenting, authoritative parenting 2.0, […]
Melanoma Vaccine Ushers in New Hope for Cancer Patients
Beyond melanoma, scientists are studying cancer vaccines for glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and more.